New in Town Critic Reviews

A gentle, traditional (like, from the last century) romantic comedy.Read the full review

You've seen New in Town before, and you've seen it done better. Still, it's a sweet-hearted bit of anemia, pleasant and obvious, and there are a few honest laughs to it.Read the full review

Do you like this sort of rom-com? It's a fair example of its type, not good, but competent.Read the full review

New In Town grinds its plucky protagonist through a predictable arc from dispassionate big-city ice queen to redeemed small-town tenderheart.Read the full review

Zellweger takes an otherwise passable mainstream comedy and all but ruins it with her lack of effort.Read the full review

The movie has little to recommend it and more than a few things to encourage those who pursue quality cinema to stay away.Read the full review

It doesn't help that Zellweger, in an unfortunate attempt to make the aud appreciate her character's uptightness, spends many of the early scenes moving about as stiff as a flagpole in January.Read the full review

One of many burdensome tasks required of the viewer of this fish-out-of-water love story. The toughest of all: caring about any of the characters in this smug, check-off-the-boxes comedy.Read the full review

The new comedy is flat, the romance is listless, the pacing is sluggish, and the fish-out-of-water flops -- flip-flop, flip-flop, I can hear it still.Read the full review